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What's up with this new Home screen?

Whats up with the new home screen being random playlist? Its really bad, can I change it back?

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  • mctogger
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Lyrics not showing

Plan Premium Country Canada Device iPhone XR Operating System iOS 15.0.2 Spotify 8.6.80.1180 My Question or Issue Apparently everyone in the world got the lyrics with the update. Expect me. How do I fix this ? Or rather how will YOU fix this ?! Empti...

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Downloading music on Apple Watch

Hey folks!Here's a few tips & tricks to share about downloading music from Spotify on your Apple Watch! - If you're looking to get started, check this out! Not seeing the 'Download to Apple Watch'-button yet? Make sure your Spotify app is up-to-date ...

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Solved!! I have a different interface compared to my friends

Plan Premium Country Hong Kong Device iPhone XS Operating System iOS 13.1.3 My Question or Issue I have just start using Spotify and I realise my interface in artists is different from those of my friends. My friends have the number of liked songs un...

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Superuser Contribution Why does desktop app NEVER sync with iPhone currently playing?

I play music from my iphone, but while sat at my desk I like to look at the imac desktop app to see what song is playing. More often than not, it shows NOTHING. Despite several restarts, the imac desktop app is always blank. Why is the sync so non-ex...

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  • I play music from my iphone, but while sat at my desk I like to look at the imac desktop app to see what song is playing.   More often than not, it shows NOTHING. Despite several restarts, the...
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Superuser Contribution Too much mobile data consumption

Hi there, I have a spotify family premium account in Germany and use the app on my iPhoneSE iOS 16.3.1. I've been using my app the same for years, listening about 1-2 hours a day, mostly downloaded playlists, no videos. Now my iphone says the Spotify...

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  • Hi there,   I have a spotify family premium account in Germany and use the app on my iPhoneSE iOS 16.3.1.   I've been using my app the same for years, listening about 1-2 hours a day, ...
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Superuser Contribution I Want the Option to Disable Smart Shuffle

Spotify has this new 'Smart Shuffle' feature where we can either shuffle our playlist like normal or we could have recommendations. I personally do not care for recommendations. I prefer to listen to whatever is on the playlists I create for specific...

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  • Spotify has this new 'Smart Shuffle' feature where we can either shuffle our playlist like normal or we could have recommendations. I personally do not care for recommendations. I prefer to listen to...
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Superuser Contribution Removed from Beta Test, can I get back in?

I was part of the Beta Testing program for the past (almost) 7 years and discovered this morning that I have been removed from the program.I believe that this is due to iOS offloading TestFlight from my iPhone and the app therefore not updating to th...

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  • I was part of the Beta Testing program for the past (almost) 7 years and discovered this morning that I have been removed from the program. I believe that this is due to iOS offloading TestFlight ...
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New home screen (February 2023)

PlanPremiumCountryUnited StatesDeviceiPhone SEOperating SystemiOS 10 My Question or IssueA couple weeks ago, I got a Spotify that rendered the home screen on mobile obsolete in that it only shows recommendations in 1 (one) giant album cover that take...

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  • Plan Premium Country United States Device iPhone SE Operating System iOS 10   My Question or Issue A couple weeks ago, I got a Spotify that rendered the home screen on mobile obsolete ...
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Superuser Contribution Missing volume control iOS app

I used to be able to control the volume from within the Spotify app (playing on a Bluetooth device), but now it seems like the only way is for me to use the hardware buttons on the phone. I need my music to be playing at a different volume than the t...

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  • I used to be able to control the volume from within the Spotify app (playing on a Bluetooth device), but now it seems like the only way is for me to use the hardware buttons on the phone.  ...
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Superuser Contribution Why can't I log in to Spotify on my iPhone 4

PhoneiPhone 4 Operating SystemiOS 6.1.3I've always used my trusty iPhone 4 as a music player. I love it and I like how it has some features modern phone's dont have (headphone jack) I was trying to log in to Spotify on it and it won't let me at allPl...

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  • Phone iPhone 4  Operating System iOS 6.1.3 I've always used my trusty iPhone 4 as a music player. I love it and I like how it has some features modern phone's dont have (headphone jack) I wa...
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Superuser Contribution Stuck downloading 0 of 1

PlanPremium 8.8.18CountryUSADevice(iPhone 14 Pro)Operating System(iOS 16.3.1) stuck downloading 0 of 1, and I went through all playlists and nothing is being downloaded. Unable to download anything new. Tried on wifi and on 5g at 700+ mbs. My Questio...

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  •   Plan Premium 8.8.18 Country USA Device (iPhone 14 Pro) Operating System (iOS 16.3.1)   stuck downloading 0 of 1, and I went through all playlists and nothing is being downloaded...
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Superuser Contribution How can I listen to just one podcast episode (Autoplay is disabled)?

PlanPremiumDeviceiPhoneOperating SystemiOS 15.2 My Question or IssueAccording to related posts it would seem that many users prefer to listen to several episodes of a podcast on autoplay. I am the opposite. One of my scenarios: Play a particular podc...

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  • Plan Premium Device iPhone Operating System iOS 15.2   My Question or Issue According to related posts it would seem that many users prefer to listen to several episodes of a podcast on ...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution “Hey Spotify” disappeared from iPhone app

PlanPremiumCountry USA DeviceiPhone 13 miniOperating SystemiOS 15 Signed up for premium a couple of weeks ago and set up “Hey Spotify” on the iPhone app and it worked great until yesterday. I was using it in my car connecting via Bluetooth. Now nothi...

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  • Plan Premium Country USA   Device iPhone 13 mini Operating System iOS 15   Signed up for premium a couple of weeks ago and set up “Hey Spotify” on the iPhone app and it worked grea...
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Playlist name has been removed

I've recently had the title of many of my playlists containing a name deleted because of it "breaking the guidelines" but I don't know what I'm doing wrong, what can I do to make it follow the guidelines so I can keep the name of it? Again, the only ...

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  • I've recently had the title of many of my playlists containing a name deleted because of it "breaking the guidelines" but I don't know what I'm doing wrong, what can I do to make it follow the guidel...
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Solved!!Superuser Contribution 100% Volume glitch when opening app

Listening to spotify music on our Bose Sountouch Wifi speakers, with music already playing. When I open the Spotify app it sets the speaker volume instantly to 100% (not a slow ramp up). This can then be reduced using my phone’s volume side button bu...

  • Casual Listener
  • Listening to spotify music on our Bose Sountouch Wifi speakers, with music already playing. When I open the Spotify app it sets the speaker volume instantly to 100% (not a slow ramp up). This can the...
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Superuser Contribution Smart shuffle bug

PlanPremium CountryEuropeDeviceiPhone 13 mini Operating SystemiOS 16.3.1 My Question or IssueSmart shuffle messes up the order of the playlist of Liked Songs even after being turned off. The following behaviour explains this:- play the playlist of Li...

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  • Plan Premium   Country Europe Device iPhone 13 mini   Operating System iOS 16.3.1   My Question or Issue Smart shuffle messes up the order of the playlist of Liked Son...
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Superuser Contribution Spotify adding songs to liked songs

Spotify automatically liking and adding songs of artist dj Rehab to my liked songs. I am not following him on spotify. This problem only happens with Rehab songs. What the hell is this

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  • Spotify automatically liking and adding songs of artist dj Rehab to my liked songs. I am not following him on spotify. This problem only happens with Rehab songs. What the hell is this
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Superuser Contribution Spotify has started to only play previews of tracks

I have premium individual. Last night everything was working fine. Today it only plays about 50 seconds of each track before jumping to the next. I’ve restarted my iPhone (14 Pro Max), I’ve logged out and back into my account on the App, but still do...

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  • I have premium individual. Last night everything was working fine. Today it only plays about 50 seconds of each track before jumping to the next. I’ve restarted my iPhone (14 Pro Max), I’ve logged ou...
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Superuser Contribution Google nest Mini not showing up remotely in Spotify but amazon echodot does

I have a google nest mini speaker and Amazon echo dot speaker at home. Both are linked to my Spotify account and shows up in Spotify when I’m at home. But If I’m in the office, I can see my Amazon echo dot as one of the devices in my Spotify and I ca...

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  • I have a google nest mini speaker and Amazon echo dot speaker at home. Both are linked to my Spotify account and shows up in Spotify when I’m at home. But If I’m in the office, I can see my Amazon ec...
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Spotify app not working on my iPhone.

For about a week or two, the Spotify app on my iPhone hasn’t been working. The website works fine, but the app won’t load anything. I tried restarting my phone and that didn’t fix anything, so I deleted the app and reinstalled it. That seemed to fix ...

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  • For about a week or two, the Spotify app on my iPhone hasn’t been working. The website works fine, but the app won’t load anything. I tried restarting my phone and that didn’t fix anything, so I dele...
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